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The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations
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With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.
Israel Strike on Gaza Church Was a War Crime, Says Human Rights Group
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A new filing asks the International Criminal Court to investigate the destruction of the Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church last fall.
Inside the Vatican’s Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.
https://hyperallergic.com/907669/inside-the-vatican-uncanny-2024-venice-biennale-pavilion/
Faith Ringgold Paved the Way
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The late artist fiercely reckoned with the status quo, leaving the art world better than she found it through a rich legacy of Black feminist activism and artmaking.
https://hyperallergic.com/907730/faith-ringgold-paved-the-way/
Hundreds Take to City College in Art-Filled Gaza Solidarity Encampment
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Multicolored tents, protest art, and an enormous display of hand-painted canvas banners express CUNY student and faculty support for Palestine.
NYC’s Longest-Running Photo Fair Is Back, and Packs a Punch
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Even the world's most proliferated images appear novel when they're blown up on glossy paper at the Photography Show presented by AIPAD.
https://hyperallergic.com/907681/nycs-longest-running-photo-fair-is-back-and-packs-a-punch/
At Age 78, Actor John Lithgow Goes Back to Art School
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Art Happens Here With John Lithgow, a one-hour PBS special premiering tonight, follows the thespian as he explores various creative forms at four LA art centers.
https://hyperallergic.com/907590/at-age-78-actor-john-lithgow-goes-back-to-art-school-pbs/
Required Reading
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This week, a new film on Amílcar Cabral, protecting Odesa’s historical buildings, rumors of the first US bullet train, pranking Google Maps, and much more.
When Keith Haring Painted a Mural for an Iowa Elementary School
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Kids and parents were "captivated" by the artist's visit. Now, his mural for the public school's library will go on display for the first time.
https://hyperallergic.com/907233/when-keith-haring-painted-a-mural-for-an-iowa-elementary-school/
Nadya Tolonnikova Headlines American Folk Art Museum Benefit Event
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Recent artworks by the co-founder of Pussy Riot will be featured in a pop-up exhibition, along with an artist Q&A and performance, on May 16 in NYC.
Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine
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Visual arts faculty, alumni, and staff are standing in solidarity with students as “art corners” and other creative initiatives dominate the encampments.
https://hyperallergic.com/906834/art-takes-center-stage-at-growing-student-protests-for-palestine/
Nigeria’s Youth Fight for a Better Future
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Alain Kassanda’s Coconut Head Generation is a testament to how young people find themselves through each other no matter the place, times, or means.
https://hyperallergic.com/906640/nigeria-youth-fight-for-a-better-future-coconut-head-generation/
RISD’s Advanced Program Online Now Enrolling for Summer 2024
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Explore Rhode Island School of Design’s online intensives for high school students interested in pursuing art and design in college.
https://hyperallergic.com/905051/risd-advanced-program-online-enrolling-summer-2024/
Arshile Gorky’s Gaze
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Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Could Fetch Over $12M at Auction
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The dreamlike work blends references to Hieronymus Bosch, Irish mythology, the kabbalah, and Mexican Indigenous cosmologies.
MassArt’s 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston’s SoWa Arts District
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Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their thesis work on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with public artist talks and screening on May 10.
Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible
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In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.
https://hyperallergic.com/905573/caravaggio-made-darkness-visible/
Willem de Kooning’s Italy
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Paintings from the late 1950s and on prove that de Kooning had sat at the feet of, and learnt much from, such old Italian masters as Titian and Tintoretto.
Scratching Beneath the Surface of Identity-Based Group Shows
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While Asian-American Art may be "plagued by generational amnesia," as Sharon Mizota wrote for Hyperallergic, the artists and curators of Scratching at the Moon are definitely not.
https://hyperallergic.com/904894/scratching-beneath-the-surface-of-identity-based-group-shows/
Scratching Beneath the Surface of Identity-Based Group Shows
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While Asian-American Art may be "plagued by generational amnesia," as Sharon Mizota wrote for Hyperallergic, the artists and curators of Scratching at the Moon are definitely not.
https://hyperallergic.com/904894/scratching-beneath-the-surface-of-identity-based-group-shows/